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The possibility may also exist that documentation of this model could have disappeared among the many natural calamities that over the years have robbed historians of much vital data pertinent to Remington history and its products. Should Cuba ever become opened for free trade in the future and permit American citizens the opportunity of unrestricted travel, the research of military rolling block history will be an area we simply must look into.

Shown below is a chart of the dimensions of this scarcity as compared to both the No.1 and No.1-1/2 size actions:

A SADDLE RING CARBINE FROM SOUTH-EAST ASIA

The presence of the Remington rolling block in Asia has normally been confined to China and Japan as far as general knowledge is concerned. Since the publication of the author’s most recent work on the military rolling block, this region has proven that those countries using this particular single shot-military rifle was more widespread than previously thought.

One Asian country that had never been thought of as a user of the Remington rolling block system is the one-time French Protectorate of Cambodia, which is bordered by Siam (the name of Thailand prior to 1939), Viet Nam, and Laos. Just two years after the end of the Viet Nam war in 1975, this .50 caliber rimfire Remington saddle-ring carbine was found in Thailand in an area not far from the Laotian capital of Vientiane.